"Hami Ramdan was not moved really after 43-year-old Ashtiani was sentenced to death by stoning (the Iranian woman whose death has been suspended). The director of the Geneva Islamic center wants to "place this affair in its context". According to him, "the punishment of stoning is used mainly as a deterrent". He adds that "when a bomb explodes in a Muslim village on Iraq or in Afghanistan, that is not a deterrent, but the facts' reality". 

The intelectual points out that "this woman has been condemned because of adultery and murder". Or "the stoning is a very difficult punishment to obtain, as the judge needs four ocular witnesses. A condition that is nearly impossible to meet". Mr Ramadan concludes that "we should be cautious before judging this affair, and it's important to know the nature of the facts".